Browsing the "Concert Reviews" Category

The First 40 Years 229 The Venue, London Friday, 9th November 2018 An enthusiastic capacity audience of 600 gather in what has become the London ‘home’ of Pendragon at 229 The Venue to celebrate what the... Read More→

Symphony Hall, Birmingham Tuesday, 6th November 2018 This will only be a short piece, as my esteemed colleague Jez Rowden has already said all there is to say on the emotional and musical impact of this... Read More→

Pontardawe Arts Centre Friday, 26th October 2018 At ‘Progressive Aspect Palace’ we like Public Service Broadcasting (PSB) – we like them a lot! This is our third PSB gig review within 12 months so perhaps we... Read More→

St. David’s Hall, Cardiff Wednesday, 31st October 2018 “Welcome back my friends to the show that sporadically ends…” There are loads of great bands out there, and then there is King Crimson; from their earliest incarnation... Read More→

Union County Performing Arts Center, Irving Street, New Jersey, USA 5th to 7th October 2018 The Progressive Aspect were delighted to be able to attend the second Progstock Festival in New Jersey at the beginning of... Read More→

Eventim Apollo, London 11th October 2018 There’s nothing quite like a discussion about tribute bands – a concept that to all intents is a very modern phenomenon – it can get very prickly. The original band... Read More→

The Water Rats, Kings Cross, London 28th September 2018 A lovely autumn day greeted us we stepped out of the ugly modernist functionality of Euston Station once more into the capital, so we decided to mosey... Read More→

The Globe, Cardiff Wednesday, 3rd October 2018 How long has it been since I saw a band that inhabits the more extreme end of the metal spectrum? Well, a loooong time, but in recent years I... Read More→

O2 Academy, Islington, London Saturday, 13th September 2018 Back in the day, when prog was young, they used to have showcases. The most memorable of these was Genesis-Lindisfarne-Van der Graaf Generator, all for a couple bob,... Read More→